Question

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color the correct spelling of each word. then use the words to fill in the correct blanks.
amanda can ____________ a ball for hours!
mr. suarez ordered new ____________ for the team.
shoes squeak on the freshly polished basketball ____________
collective nouns are nouns that describe a group of people, animals, or things as a singular unit.
example: he has a card collection.
circle all collective nouns in the sentence.
our class was the loudest part of the audience when the school basketball team scored.
add quotation marks and ending punctuation to make the sentence correct.
the coach asked, why arent they calling that foul
sort the words based on their meaning in relation to the word help.
resist watch assist oppose support create
identify what kind of sentence each is by writing an s (simple) or c (compound) on the line.
____ kabir took a risky three - point shot!
____ i came back to the stands with pizza, popcorn, and a drink.
____ phoebe passed the ball, and alaia was quick to take a shot.

Explanation:

• Spelling and Word - Filling:
• "dribble" is the correct spelling. "Amanda can dribble a ball for hours" makes sense as "dribble" means to move a ball (like a basketball) by bouncing it.
• "jerseys" is the correct plural form. "Mr. Suarez ordered new jerseys for the team" is logical as a team would have multiple jerseys.
• "court" is the correct spelling. "Shoes squeak on the freshly polished basketball court" is appropriate as a basketball is played on a court.
• Collective Nouns:
• "class" (a group of students) and "audience" (a group of people watching an event) and "team" (a group of players) are collective nouns.
• Quotation Marks and Punctuation:
• The correct sentence is "The coach asked, 'Why aren't they calling that foul?'" Quotation marks are used to enclose the coach's words, and a question mark is used at the end of the quoted question.
• Word Sorting (related to "help"):
• Similar: "assist" (a synonym of "help") and "support" (can imply helping in a broader sense like giving aid or backing).
• Opposite: "resist" (means to oppose or go against, the opposite of helping in a sense of not allowing something to be easy) and "oppose" (directly means to be against, opposite of helping).
• Unrelated: "watch" (just observing, not related to the act of helping or opposing in a direct semantic way) and "create" (making something new, not directly related to the concept of helping).
• Sentence Types:
• "Kabir took a risky three - point shot!" is a simple sentence (S) as it has one independent clause.
• "I came back to the stands with pizza, popcorn, and a drink." is a simple sentence (S) as it has one subject ("I") and one predicate (the action of coming back with items).
• "Phoebe passed the ball, and Alai was quick to take a shot." is a compound sentence (C) as it has two independent clauses ("Phoebe passed the ball" and "Alai was quick to take a shot") joined by the conjunction "and".

Answer:

• Spelling and Word - Filling:
• Amanda can dribble a ball for hours.
• Mr. Suarez ordered new jerseys for the team.
• Shoes squeak on the freshly polished basketball court.
• Collective Nouns: Circle "class", "audience", "team".
• Quotation Marks and Punctuation: "The coach asked, 'Why aren't they calling that foul?'"
• Word Sorting:
• Similar: assist, support
• Opposite: resist, oppose
• Unrelated: watch, create
• Sentence Types:
• Kabir took a risky three - point shot! (S)
• I came back to the stands with pizza, popcorn, and a drink. (S)
• Phoebe passed the ball, and Alai was quick to take a shot. (C)